not only does it provide 55,000 green cards in imgragets advanced degrees in sciences but also allows to bring families here that will help stop the brain drain of high tech foreigners to leave the u.s. to rejoin their families in their home countries. >> it makes no sense to education people, bright, talented people and then frankly deport them so they can compete against the united states. >> but the bill infuriated a lot of democrats because it ends the existing green card lottery in which 55,000 immigrants from poorly served country are picked randomly by a computer to come to this country it resulted in this really testy exchange on the house floor today in which a democratic member accused republics of crafting a racist bill, listen up. >> i don't know what is in the head of those who support this bill, but if it's not racist in its intent, it certainly is racist in its effect. >> i'm personally insulted that anyone would use even loosely the term of racism as part of a statement related to merit-based advanced degrees. >> one example of why republicans believe this is so import